What Mitchell Hashimoto thinks about design
Creator of Ghostty and co-founder of Superlogical, started in 2026 to build server-side terminal infrastructure. Co-founded HashiCorp and created Vagrant and Terraform before that.
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9 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Mitchell Hashimoto has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingTerminal programs bias toward dark modes, and explicit colors are hostile to light modes and themes.
Their wordsTerminal programs bias to dark modes and explicit colors are hostile to light modes and themes.
- 1 day earlier
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Our readingDesigners' jobs are safe from AI.
Their wordsDesigners, your job is safe from AI. https://t.co/W7eAOnYvQW
- 1 day earlier
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Our readingSoftware should be fun.
Their wordsThe final boss will be getting DOOM running where every pixel is its own terminal. Software should be fun.
- 4 days earlier
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Their wordsNo problems, clearly a skill issue. No cases for me, using the device as it was intended by design.
- 9 days earlier
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Our readingInvesting in strong fundamentals and invisible supports makes good outcomes follow naturally
Their wordsInvest in building strong fundamentals, invisible supports, and outcomes flow like water.
- 5 days earlier
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Their wordsI can't tell you the number of people over my career that have said "I tried learning tmux" First problem: the fact you have to "learn it" at all. The world's best multiplexer is the one you don't have to learn. It just works.
- 2 weeks earlier
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Their wordsI'm so incredibly tired of seeing low-effort AI-designed web pages. I basically bounce off any new product immediately when I see it (never get a chance to judge the product itself). Lots of thin lines, glowy styles, inconsistent fonts, lots of monospace.
- 6 months earlier
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Their wordsImmediately cease trying to perform meaningful work via a chatbot (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini on the web, etc.). Chatbots have real value and are a daily part of my AI workflow, but their utility in coding is highly limited because you're mostly hoping they come up with the right results based on their prior training, and correcting them involves a human (you) to tell them they're wrong repeatedly.
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsThis is intentional and I believe good AI drivers are experts in their domains and utilize AI as an assistant, not a replacement.